GENERAL MANAGER

LINKER ENERGY (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

LINKER ENERGY (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. seeks a senior leader to oversee its Singapore entity, with full accountability for business strategy, P&L, compliance, and risk management.

The role drives the international trading business in hazardous petrochemical products and represents the company to regulators, banks, and partners. Responsibilities include owning long-term strategy, building supplier/buyer networks across Southeast Asia, and enforcing a robust compliance framework in line with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above, any discipline; management, economics or finance-related majors preferred.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in corporate/business management, including at least 5 years in senior management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term strategy for Singapore entity with full P&L ownership and alignment with Group HQ.
• Lead international trading in hazardous petrochemical products and build supplier/buyer networks across SEA, Middle East, Japan and Korea.
• Establish and enforce a comprehensive compliance framework for hazardous-chemicals trading per Singapore regulations.
• Build a robust risk-management framework covering credit, market, counterparty and operational risks; set trading limits and hedging programmes.
• Recruit, develop and manage the Singapore team (trading, operations, finance) with performance incentives.
• Oversee treasury, banking facilities and credit relationships; maintain relationships with banks, auditors and business partners.
• Represent the company with Singapore regulators, industry associations, customers and suppliers.

Job description

Reports to: Board of Directors / Group Headquarters

Work location: 808 French Road, #05-155, Kitchener Complex, Singapore 200808

Employment type: Full-time, permanent

Role Overview: Provide overall leadership for the Singapore entity with full accountability for business strategy, P&L, compliance and risk management; lead the international trading business in hazardous petrochemical products (propylene, butadiene, styrene); and represent the company with regulators, banks and business partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Singapore company's long-term strategy and annual business plan with full P&L ownership, maintaining strategic alignment with Group headquarters in Shanghai;
• Lead and grow the international trading business in propylene, butadiene, styrene and related hazardous petrochemical products; guide the trading team in building supplier and buyer networks across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Japan and Korea;
• Establish and enforce a comprehensive compliance framework for hazardous-chemicals trading, covering import/export declarations and trade controls (sanctions, export controls) in line with Singapore regulations, including SCDF hazardous-substance requirements and Singapore Customs procedures;
• Build a robust risk-management framework covering credit, market, counterparty and operational risks; set trading limits and positions and organise hedging programmes;
• Recruit, build and develop the Singapore team (trading, operations, finance), with performance management and incentive systems in place;
• Oversee treasury, banking facilities and credit relationships; maintain strong relationships with banks, auditors and business partners;
• Represent the company with Singapore regulators, industry associations, customers and suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above (Master's preferred), any discipline; management, economics or finance-related majors preferred;
• Minimum 10 years' experience in corporate/business management, including at least 5 years in senior management (President, Vice President, General Manager or equivalent);
• Proven capability in overall company management, cross-functional coordination and team building; experience managing an overseas or Singapore-based company is preferred;
• Knowledge of hazardous-chemicals trade compliance and the Singapore regulatory environment is preferred;
• Fluent in Mandarin; able to work in Singapore's bilingual (Chinese-English) business environment (with Singapore company experience)